Processing images....... What's your pc spec?

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I just wanted to ask what's your pc spec for processing images? I'm in the market for a new pc and I was wondering what most people on here are using. I'm finding that a 2.00Gig Athlon and 1 Gig of ram can struggle a bit with 5D files especially when I have a few layers open and the file sizes get kinda big

 

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While it's not unbearable it can be a pain. I'm tempted just to up the RAM to 2Gig and get a better monitor

 

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There is some serious kit on here. I want to go down the Conroe Route but my question is can WinXP home handle more than 2Gig of RAM?